It is finally properly winter! Ice and snow! These are photos from a field trip to one of the Wadden islands, Schiemoonikoog, where I was last in 2010 with my mom in June. The sun shined just as brightly, but it was much, much, MUCH colder. The eastern wind from Russia brings Siberian-esque temperatures, and with it whispers of skating on natural ice and treacherous biking through the snow. But above all else, it is beautiful.